Buttercup er valgt som brud til Prins Humperdinck, men hun sørger stadigt over hendes sande kærlighed, som blev dræbt for år tilbage af piraten Roberts. Pludseligt bliver hun kidnappet af banditterne Vizzini, Fezzik og Montaya, men i deres hæle er også piraten Roberts, og efter dem alle er prinsen og hans håndlanger Grev Rugen, og alle har de deres egne mystiske motiver.

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

In ancient Disboard, Riku is an angry, young warrior intent on saving humanity from the warring Exceed, the sixteen sentient species, fighting to establish the "One True God" amongst the Old Deus. In a lawless land, humanity's lack of magic and weak bodies have made them easy targets, leaving them on the brink of extinction. One day, hope returns to humanity when Riku finds a powerful female Ex-machina, whom he names Schwi. Exiled from her Cluster because of her research into human emotions, Schwi is convinced that humanity has only survived due to the power of these feelings. Forming an unlikely partnership in the midst of the overwhelming chaos, Riku and Schwi must now find the answers to their individual shortcomings in each other, and discover for themselves what it truly means to be human as they fight for their lives against all odds. Each with a powerful new ally in tow, it is now up to them to prevent the extinction of the human race and establish peace throughout Disboard!

In the hospital following a violent raid on his compound, a serial killer is interrogated by the US Marshal who nearly took his life.